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Hello. I made some elderberry wine a month or so ago, a few days into fermentation, berries were being pushed up into the airlock as the container was too full. I decided to scoop some out to allow it room. For some reason, I didn't want to chuck them so I stored them in a jam jar. I decided to...

Has anyone ever tried this? I'm considering making one to take-out unsuspecting in-laws this Christmas. Has anyone got any recipes/wisdom? I'm considering using my own Ale recipe that's bittered with pine needles and Heather from Cannock Chase but amping up the sugar and running a...

Allo allo. I've been absent for a while but I remember this forum used to be smashing. I'm knocking out a brew after a few years without having the chance. I've got all my stuff ready, jyst gone picked about 4kg of elderberries, brought the yeast, 5kg bag of sugar and realized I no longer...

Hello again I have give gals of fruit wine that should be finished now. Two weeks ago I checked with a hydrometer and saw all the sugar had been used up, the thing was floating almost fully submerged. I moved too Australia early this year and I'm currently living pretty rural, about 180km...

Hi Guys. I'm well into my first brew after moving to Australia from the UK. I have some wine that I made from heaps of frozen store brought fruits fruits (mango, strawberry and blueberry's. These are sold here for around 50p per kilo in bulk!) I added a tonne of sugar and had a starting sg...

Hello THBF and users. I have been away for a while now and haven't gotten any brewing done in a while. I have had a couple of unexpected house moves which resulted in something that what was once almost an obsession (H'Brewing) being almost forgotten about over night. I've got myself sorted now...

The pub that I work at sells Old Rosie by the pint. We buy it in in a 20l Bag in Box. I was about to throw the sediment away this afternoon but then I remembered that someone was wanting some to cultivate on the yeast on this forum. I'm guessing by feel of weight its about 1l. Let me know...

Step: 1:Pick Elderberrys. 2:Sample recently picked Elderberrys. 3:De-stem Elderberrys 4:Eat more Elderberrys including leftovers. 5:Pulp Elderberrys 6:Drink a couple of cups of Elderberry juice. 7:Finish making wine ***** *CONGRATULATIONS* YOU HAVE POISONED YOURSELF WITH CYANIDE ***** 8:Enjoy...

I was just reading this interesting article earlier http://www.fermentarium.com/homebrewing/winemaking/everything-you-know-about-potassium-sorbate-is-wrong/ when I started thinking about my own accidents and mishaps. My main one was when I was making wine from a kit. I added the sugar to the...

This year I was planning to make some Elderberry wine/beer but I had only found one tree near to me! I was planning on wading through nettles to harvest this one tree when I got a call to work on a farm where I used to work when I was young. I was blown away to find that pretty much every hedge...

Hi there. I just thought I would tell you about an interest in homebrewing my daughters school has taken. Apparently she has told her teachers that I make wine alot and they asked me in to do a talk. It all went pretty well and before I went I made a sample that they could see the progress of...

I was thinking about making some elderberry wine this summer. One question I have: If I get enough berries (to fill a 5 gal container with their juice), could I get a high enough gravity from the extracted juice instead of just adding sugar and water. Would the end taste be too rich? Ps, I plan...

Hello again. I took a walk yesterday to scout out some fruit/flowers for my beer and wine next month. Obviously, I can identify blackberrys easily enough but I have never found elderflower and I would like to use some. If possible could you all look at these and tell me what you think they are...

I was just in bed with my lady when I heard a huge thump followed by a *Glub Glub*. I instantly knew what had happened. A couple of days ago I had finished a beautifully dry rose at 0.90. I added some Sorbate and left for a day. Sterilized the bottles (I work in a J.D.Whetherspoons so I have...

Thank you for the replies to my previous topic, (Balzed up wine) I managed to split the 5 g into 10g, add extra juice and top up. Within 24hr it was blasting out Co2 again. My question now is, My previous belief is that only champagne / sparkling wine bottles could be used for carbonation...

Right, long story cut short. Brought a Rose kit that was supposed to take 7 days and reach 12%. Took a reading and got 1040. Wasn't happy so I doubled the sugar to get the desired abv. Oh God, I feel so stupid now. The total added sugar came to 8kilos, plus the concentrated grape juice.. I...

Hello again. I will have one of my FV's free in a couple of days and I'm wondering what to do next. I have a large supply of apples available to be and I was thinking about making a beer with them. Basically, 5 gal of apples, a few flavors and I was going to bitter with Golding hops and use a...

Right, make your wine mixture(Lets say concentrated grape juice, sugar, wine yeast), ferment until almost all sugar is converted then siphon it off into a secondary container leaving the sediment and an inch or so of the almost finished wine. Add another batch of the original recipe (minus the...

Hello! My name is Daniel. I have been viewing topics here for a while now and thought it would be nice to register. Until now I have always brewed using a basic recipe of Golding hops, malt extract and adding some kind of fruit/syrup in the secondary stage. Two weeks ago I decided to go crazy...